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In April 2024, the EPA announced the establishment of the first-ever nationwide, legally enforceable drinking water standards to protect communities from six PFAS chemicals in their drinking water. Swim Drink Fish investigates what this means.

Plus: Superior effort removes more than 10 tons of plastic from the Great Lakes and Fourth round of UN plastics treaty negotiations in Ottawa this week

Plus: new hydrogen facility sparks concern within Akwesasne, lower-than-usual water levels amount to higher-than-usual dead fish along the St. Lawrence River but a strong start for baby sturgeon in Windsor.

The Trebek Initiative is a joint project between the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and National Geographic to support geographic art and discovery in Canada.

Plus: A glimmer of hope for communities struggling without clean drinking water, NOAA receives major funding for future water level forecasting research, and a symphony of cicadas

Reflections on the first signs of spring from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Plus: Microplastics found in freshwater sportfish and Train derailment leads to water advisories along the St. Clair

Plus: Great Lakes 360 and big steps to stopping the bighead

Plus: Potential for a new method of energy production making waves off the coast of Lake Michigan and the mighty Michipicoten